Thomas Claiborne (1749-1812)

Thomas Claiborne (1 February 1749-1812) was a member of the US House of Representatives from Virginia's 17th district from Virginia's 8th district from 4 March 1793 to 3 March 1799 (succeeding Josiah Parker and preceding Samuel Goode) and from 4 March 1801 to 3 March 1803 (succeeding Goode and preceding Walter Jones), and from the 17th district from 4 March 1803 to 3 March 1805 (succeeding James Brent and preceding John Claiborne). He was a Democratic-Republican.

Biography
Thomas Claiborne was born in Brunswick County, Virginia in 1749, and he served in the House of Delegates from 1783 to 1788, as the colonel of the Brunswick County militia in 1789, as sheriff of Brunswick County from 1789 to 1792, and as a member of the US House of Representatives from 1793 to 1799 and from 1801 to 1805. He died in 1812.